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Offline A7X_foREVer

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Your hero
« on: October 24, 2012, 12:06:29 AM »
Who would you say is your hero?
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Re: Your hero
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2012, 05:45:10 AM »
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Re: Your hero
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2012, 06:01:30 AM »
Dr Octopus. He keeps up with his inventions and villainous schemes even after every single one has been defeated for 40 years straight.

Be true to yourself.
Never give up.
Pursue your dreams (of world conquest).
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Re: Your hero
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2012, 08:51:05 AM »
Quote from: Mr Mannn on October 24, 2012, 06:01:30 AM
Dr Octopus. He keeps up with his inventions and villainous schemes even after every single one has been defeated for 40 years straight.

Be true to yourself.
Never give up.
Pursue your dreams (of world conquest).

Isaac Asamove, He opened the world to me of science and the power of imagination.

Rex Stout, the inventor of the school banking system for kids to buy bonds a dime a week at a time.   Also wrote the Nero Wolf mystery's.

Louis La' More, learned more about American History from his books then in any school.

Doctor Ruth, quite the woman.

My favorite Hero's of all time is my Father and Mother.

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Re: Your hero
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2012, 08:56:02 AM »
Edd China
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Re: Your hero
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2012, 09:38:13 AM »
Quote from: A7X_foREVer on October 24, 2012, 12:06:29 AM
Who would you say is your hero?

Two threads:  One for avatar meaning and our personal heroes.  Are you doing psychological profiling for a college paper or something similar?
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Re: Your hero
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2012, 09:41:33 AM »
My Dad! He taught me how to live, laugh and love.
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Re: Your hero
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2012, 09:58:39 AM »
I have 2.  My dad and my son.

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Re: Your hero
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2012, 10:00:12 AM »
Quote from: wasp69 on October 24, 2012, 09:38:13 AM
Two threads:  One for avatar meaning and our personal heroes.  Are you doing psychological profiling for a college paper or something similar?

No just like to know people usually like to sit and people watch
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Re: Your hero
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2012, 10:04:37 AM »
There's an old First Sergeant (later made Sergeant Major) that I think a great deal of. The old bastard is still kickin'. Still runs two miles every day and preaches down at the truck stop on Sundays.

An amazing musician/arranger (wrote the book at the School of Music), an even better leader, and a real inspiration even after all these years.

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Re: Your hero
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2012, 12:24:00 PM »
Mine is SGT Ryan Major. Formerly of B Co. 1-36 Inf. out of Freidberg Germany. He was injured by an IED while on Patrol in Ramadi, Iraq in 2006. SGT Major is an inspiration to me in his no-quit attitude and perserverance in the face of what most would consider an overwhelming adversity; the loss of both legs.  He epitomized the Battalion's Mottos: "Spartans" "Deeds, not words"

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Re: Your hero
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2012, 01:43:56 PM »
At my age, I've learned that there really are no heroes except for movies and comic books. Now don't get me wrong. There are many, many folks that I've encountered in my 73 years that I really admire and respect, and hold in the highest esteem. If I were to say that Alvin York was my hero, that would diminish Audy Murphy. If I were to say that Ronald Reagan was my hero, that would diminish George Washington.

There are so many people that excel in so many different areas that I have to put a group on that highest level.
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Re: Your hero
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2012, 01:57:56 PM »
Quote from: A7X_foREVer on October 24, 2012, 12:06:29 AM
Who would you say is your hero?

My Daddy...hands down.
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Re: Your hero
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2012, 02:28:50 PM »
My best brother.
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Re: Your hero
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2012, 05:42:02 PM »
Among ordinary people, way too many to list.

Among famous people, T.E. Lawrence, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, &c., &c., &c.
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Re: Your hero
« Reply #15 on: October 25, 2012, 08:11:12 PM »
Queen Elizabeth the 1st. Didn't take anyone's shit, really ruled in her own right. Her one mistake, Robert Dudley....
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Re: Your hero
« Reply #16 on: October 25, 2012, 09:15:28 PM »
Quote from: seahorse513 on October 25, 2012, 08:11:12 PM
Her one mistake, Robert Dudley....
He was only a mistake at first. But at the end when all things are considered, Dudley Do Right
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« Reply #17 on: October 25, 2012, 09:26:13 PM »
Quote from: Mr Mannn on October 25, 2012, 09:15:28 PM
He was only a mistake at first. But at the end when all things are considered, Dudley Do Right
They truley loved each other, but the situation surrounding his first wife's death, and then he married her cousin Lettice Knollys.
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Nothing is sexier than a man and his gun!!!

A man should prefer his own company to that of others, because no matter where he goes,he'll find himself there..

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Re: Your hero
« Reply #18 on: October 26, 2012, 07:45:03 AM »
Quote from: seahorse513 on October 25, 2012, 09:26:13 PM
They truley loved each other, but the situation surrounding his first wife's death, and then he married her cousin Lettice Knollys.

Sea as you know way more Brit history, who was the Queen of England who gave a State banquit for a leader of some African Nation that made her a hero to me.

As much as I remember of the story the State Dinners in those days were very opulent, the most expensive china, very strict rules of procedure and rules of the court.   

One watched the Queen, only after she picked up a glass of water were the others to follow suit.  The Queen was served first then the Guest and on down the line, only when the Queen picked up a fork or spoon were others allowed to do so.

Story as I read it was all was going fine until the Guest was served his dinner.   He began to eat with his fingers.    The Queen immediately striped off her gloves and began to eat with her fingers as did the Court.

Darn now there was CLASS, never embarrass a guest, quite a change from today's Obama who ignores leaders waiting to see him in the other room while he chows down on hot dogs and hamburgers.

I have been in homes of some very poor at meal  times but never had them not offer me a seat at their table.  Add more water to the soup, company is a coming. 
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